Fledgling birds change rules for caterpillar color

During seasonal flush of naïve predators, larvae lose advantage of cautionary marks

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IN BAD TASTE  A caterpillar called a lettuce shark sports bright coloring that warns predators of toxins or a bad taste. But the colors can be a liability for the caterpillar when young birds are learning what to eat, a study suggests.

Kimmo Silvonen

For a few weeks every summer in central Finland, orange may become the new black.